Epicbase

Epicbase, Inc. is a Japanese technology company that develops and operates "Smartshoki," a service designed to support the creation of meeting minutes through voice recognition. The company was established on January 8, 2020, by founder and CEO Takayoshi Matsuda. The service, which officially launched in June 2018 under the company Media Do, was carved out to form Epicbase to accelerate decision-making and business growth.

The core product, Smartshoki, is an AI-driven service that automatically transcribes audio from various settings like meetings, interviews, and lectures. It allows for real-time collaborative editing and translation into multiple languages. The platform aims to convert business conversations into usable data. In March 2020, Epicbase announced it had raised 85 million yen from investors including Coral Capital and Media Do Holdings to enhance the service's usability and expand its reach. The company was also selected for the "Microsoft for Startups" support program, enabling it to explore integrations with Microsoft Azure's voice recognition engine and Microsoft Teams.

The founding team brings a wealth of experience from different sectors. CEO Takayoshi Matsuda previously worked in marketing at Rakuten and later engaged in startup investment and hands-on support at DG Incubation. He also served as COO and Vice President at Whomor before managing the Smartshoki service at Media Do and subsequently establishing Epicbase. The co-founders are Takashi Nishizawa, who has a background in web marketing sales at Innovation, Inc., and field sales at salesforce.com, and Mari Okada, who has experience as a product manager at Goodpatch and in business development at BANK, Inc.

Keywords: voice recognition, transcription service, meeting minutes, AI transcription, real-time translation, collaborative editing, business communication, Smartshoki, speech-to-text, corporate software